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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-wiretapping-of-israelis-scoops-up-talks-with-members-of-congress/2015/12/30/a341beae-af26-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html?utm_term=.3593c53ae576

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-spy-net-on-israel-snares-congress-1451425210

U.S. Spy Net on Israel Snares Congress

NSA’s targeting of Israeli leaders swept up the content of private conversations with U.S. lawmakers

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), also appearing on Fox News, said he was “appalled” to learn that members of Congress had been caught up in the net cast by the NSA, National Security Agency, and he called for more “targeted surveillance” and more controls on the agency.

The report that the United States continued wiretapping its chief ally in the Middle East, even after President Obama saidin 2014 last year that he would curb eavesdropping on allied leaders, was the latest example of tension between the two governments. Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have had an often-testy relationship that was particularly strained during negotiations to curtail Iran’s nuclear program.

The Journal reported in its Wednesday editions that the United States had approved continued intercepts of top Israeli officials at a time when Netanyahu was aggressively lobbying against the deal with Iran. The administration believed that Israel had leaked information gleaned from spying on the negotiations to sympathetic lawmakers and Jewish American groups seeking to undermine the talks.

According to the Journal, when the White House learned that the NSA eavesdropping had collected communications with U.S. lawmakers, it feared being accused of spying on Congress and left it to the NSA to determine what information to share with the administration. The Journal said the NSA did not pass along the names of lawmakers or any of their personal attacks on White House officials.

The State Department referred all questions about the wiretapping to the National Security Council. Its spokesman, Ned Price, said the United States generally does not conduct foreign surveillance unless national security is at stake.

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11 minutes ago, SSFB said:

Well all of these fucks in DC that are in favor of spying on Americans shouldn't have anything to say now. 

As long as they have nothing to hide! :lol:

 

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They've only violated about 65 UN resolutions. No need to keep an eye on Israel.

If I read that correctly did the Whitehouse leave it up to the NSA which info to share so that it would not be spying on Congress?

Wouldn't that be exactly what they are suppose to do? 

Or is the correct response to use it to dig up dirt on rivals and tweet it a 3am?

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43 minutes ago, DriftBusta said:

I see the resident anti semites have all chimed in.  The average  PLO Palestinian is about 1 generation away from a fucking ditch dog on the evolutionary scale.

 

the jews believe that their subhuman. they've had a good teacher 

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15 minutes ago, spin_dry said:

the jews believe that their subhuman. they've had a good teacher 

well anyone that hides behind a woman or a child, or worse, kills an innocent person because of their religion, pretty much proves they're inhuman.

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